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1 BUSINESS TRAVEL REPORT 2015

2 CONTENTS Welcome to the inaugural Premier Inn Business Travel Report 2015, highlighting the latest business travel trends across the UK. Introduction 1 Welcome 2 Business Travel 3 Price and Payment 5 Travel and Choice 6 Home Comforts 8 Tips and Advice 9 Summary 10 About us 11 Premier Inn has conducted an independent survey to establish the latest trends in business travel. Though sample sizes varied, the survey included 1,000 business travellers who use a number of different hotel brands and who were based in 12 UK regions: East Anglia East Midlands London North East North West Northern Ireland Scotland South East South West Wales West Midlands Yorkshire & Humberside Premier Inn Business Travel Report

3 WELCOME Over the past 30 years, Premier Inn has grown to become the UK s biggest hotel brand, with over 700 hotels and more than 60,000 rooms. We offer quality accommodation, a great night s sleep and we are consistently rated the UK s best value hotel chain. With ever changing market conditions and traveller requirements, in July of 2015, we commissioned a survey of 1,000 UK business travellers to gather a detailed picture of individual requirements and regional variations, to ensure we capture any emerging trends so we do all we can to help our guests wake up wonderful!. While some of the findings confirmed what we already knew, we are always striving to understand our business users better and we hope that you find the results in this report interesting. WHO WE HAVE SURVEYED 1,000 business travellers who stay in a range of hotels from budget to full service. Recommended Provider, Which? UK Hotel Chains Premier Inn Business Travel Report

4 BUSINESS TRAVEL 1 55% of people said that they use their personal car to get to business meetings. How far do you typically need to be travelling for business to make the decision to stay in a hotel? And why? The answers to both of these questions were remarkably consistent across the country. The average distance was a journey of around 140 miles, with the main reason for staying in a hotel being the obvious one, that it is easier to stay overnight than it is to do a lot of travelling in a short space of time. However, a considerable number of those surveyed (38%) said they enjoyed the peace and quiet away from home that a hotel offers; while even more saw it as a treat as their company was paying for their business stay (42%). Surprisingly, the fact that it is possible to get lots of work done when working from a hotel was only rated as important by 19% of participants. 140 the average miles travelled for business before staying in a hotel Find out more about Premier Inn online: Premier Inn Business Travel Report

5 BUSINESS TRAVEL CONTINUED 2 65% of people said that they travel by train to get to business meetings. What forms of transport do you use to get to business meetings/for other business-related travel (excluding your commute)? There was a time when the company car might have been the typical mode of business travel but it now comes in fourth behind rail (with more than twice as many people using the train), personal car use and flying. There are probably many reasons for this, ranging from the cost of maintaining a corporate car fleet to changes in personal taxation rules. It is also a fact that it is possible to work on a train using mobile technologies. Regionally, the use of air travel for business is highest in Scotland, and the findings suggest that Aberdeen is the city with the highest use of air transport, followed by Edinburgh. But while this probably represents travel from the north to the south, the next highest incidence of air travel is in the other direction from Portsmouth and from Brighton. Air travel is also significant from London, 42% of business travellers enjoy getting on a plane to travel around the UK. DID YOU KNOW? The use of cars, personal and company, is the highest in the East and West Midlands. Car use is lowest in Scotland, while train use is highest in East Anglia. Premier Inn Business Travel Report

6 PRICE AND PAYMENT 3 87% stay in hotels outside London How do you usually pay for your business travel? In our survey, company credit cards are three times more common among travellers from East Anglia than from the South West, where the proportion of people who claim back payments from their company (62%) is well above the figure for the North West (44%) and higher than average (55%). % I pay for it myself then claim it back from my company 51 I have a company credit card 23 Other method 11 I am self-employed so pay for it myself 8 We have petty cash system 6 48% of our surveyed travellers stay in London Find out more about Premier Inn online: Premier Inn Business Travel Report

7 TRAVEL AND CHOICE 4 Do you ever get to choose the hotels you stay in on business trips? 61% of people said that having a comfy bed and pillows is the most important aspect when selecting a hotel for business purposes. Generally, the answer is yes, sometimes, though around a third of people always get to choose. In fact, there are considerable regional variations in the degree of flexibility that travellers have. While travellers based in three of the regions have the decision made for them on around 15% of occasions, the equivalent figure in Northern Ireland is 50%. Percentage of business travellers in each region who never get to choose which hotel to stay in: % Northern Ireland 50 East Midlands 35 South West 31 South East 30 Wales 26 North West 24 Scotland 22 East Anglia 18 North East 17 London 15 West Midlands 15 Yorkshire & Humberside 15 Premier Inn Business Travel Report

8 TRAVEL AND CHOICE CONTINUED 59% of people said that price is the most important aspect when selecting a hotel for business purposes. 5 If you choose your own hotels for business purposes, which of the following are most important to you? 38% of people said that having a good restaurant is the most important aspect when selecting a hotel for business purposes. Choice % Comfy bed and pillows 61 Fast Wi-Fi 60 Price 59 Proximity to your office / venue you need to attend 54 An en-suite bathroom 52 Breakfast included 51 Good restaurant 38 Near to city centre 36 A desk area to work from 16 Gym / pool 16 Other 1 The survey offered travellers a range of options. Top of the list perhaps unsurprisingly were the comfort of the bed and pillows, and price, followed by more than a third of people looking for a good restaurant and proximity to a city centre. Other factors of importance was fast Wi-Fi, which would not have featured a decade ago. The demand for Wi-Fi was higher in London and the South East than in many other regions. On average, all three of these factors were deemed important by around 60% of respondents. The second tier of requirements rated by more than half of people surveyed was the availability of an en-suite bathroom and the inclusion of breakfast in the overall price. A more specific business requirement was that the hotel should be close to the office or venue that the traveller needed to visit. But some factors were considered to be important by fewer than a quarter of those surveyed. One of them was the requirements for a desk area to work from, perhaps because new technology means that desks are no longer as important as they once were, and finally the availability of a gym or pool were irrelevant to most business users. Find out more about Premier Inn online: Premier Inn Business Travel Report

9 HOME COMFORTS 10% South West travellers don t mind about staying away from home on business 6 Which of the following things from home do you miss when staying away for business? 61% of Brits miss their partners the most when working away What travellers miss most is their partner (61%) which sadly no hotel can do much about though they are happy to go without home cooking, with a whopping 86% stating they don t miss it when working away! They also miss their own bed, which is an area that a hotel can definitely help 60% also reflected that a comfy bed and pillows are important when selecting a hotel. Interestingly, in the South West, almost 10% of business travellers didn t miss much when staying away from home, they actually enjoyed it! It goes without saying business users are concerned about the availability of Wi-Fi during business travel. Following customer feedback, Premier Inn not only offers Wi-Fi throughout all hotels in the UK but it is completely free. Choice % My partner 61 My bed 50 My children 41 My pets 26 My sofa 16 Home cooking 30 Other things 11 None of the above / Nothing I love staying away from home 6 None of the above / Nothing other 4 Find out more about Premier Inn online: only 30% miss home cooking Premier Inn Business Travel Report

10 TIPS AND ADVICE We asked our surveyed business travellers to tell us their top tips and advice for staying away from home on business and here s what they said... Some of the most frequently mentioned tips have already been touched on in this report, particularly the need for nice pillows though what a nice pillow is, is much harder to pin down and a matter of personal taste. According to our business travellers it could be soft or it could be hard, flat or bulky, providing back support or it could also be antiallergenic. Surprisingly plenty of people take their own pillows on their business trip. A few also mentioned using the internet both to check out bedrooms online and read reviews. Treating staff with respect and not expecting too much from them was considered to be a good policy, especially if you visit a hotel often then they will always look after you. Things you miss also featured in the advice that people gave. Several suggested taking creature comforts from home; or a recording of your partner and kids so they can still say goodnight to you ; and one respondent always packed a picture of my family in my wallet and a pair of cashmere socks! However, more than one person advised fellow travellers to focus on enjoying the time away and not thinking about people back home. In order to avoid noise, those surveyed recommended taking ear plugs, requesting rooms far from the bar or reception or rooms on the top floor. Guests bringing their own eye masks and temperature controls within the room were other tips for a good night s sleep. Premier Inn Business Travel Report

11 SUMMARY Premier Inn wants to make business travel as enjoyable as possible. This is why we offer free Wi-Fi, convenient locations and great value rooms. We recognise that a good night s sleep is particularly important for the business market, setting travellers up for the day ahead. Premier Inn prides itself on the quality of its pillows and beds, and is the only hotel chain in the UK to offer a 100% money-back guarantee of a great night s sleep. We want our guests to wake up wonderful! To ensure that our Business travellers wake up ready for that important meeting, we have drop down seals on all doors to reduce corridor noise transfer and our plug/socket fixtures and TVs are not attached directly to walls to reduce noise levels between bedrooms. We also have blackout curtains and pelmets to minimise the amount of light that gets into the rooms. With train and car being the main modes of business travel it is important that a hotel be located conveniently for road and railway access. Many of our hotels have ample parking and with over 700 hotels across the UK, we have unrivalled coverage. People naturally look at sites such as TripAdvisor to check reviews and make sure that they stay at the best hotels. This year, over 80% of Premier Inn hotels achieved a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence topping the economy to mid-range hotel category. Over 120 of these 596 hotels have achieved the Certificate of Excellence for five consecutive years. Although we can t make up for business travellers leaving their loved ones and creature comforts, Premier Inn can certainly ensure that their stay is affordable, comfortable and convenient for wherever they are working! Find out more about Premier Inn online: Premier Inn Business Travel Report

12 ABOUT US Premier Inn opened its 700th hotel in July 2015 and recently celebrated its 60,000th room milestone. By 2020, the UK s best-loved hotel chain has a target of 85,000 rooms. There are Premier Inns as far apart as Plymouth in the south of England and Inverness in the north of Scotland, Derry/ Londonderry in the west and Norwich in the east. And there are plenty in between. We have hotels at 17 UK airports including a choice of three at Heathrow and Manchester, and four at Gatwick. Premier Inn now has King size Hypnos beds in every hotel to ensure that each and every guest across the UK experiences a great night s sleep. Premier Inn hotels in the area: Premier Inn Business Travel Report

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